Immigration Court Backlog Grows

18 Aug Immigration Court Backlog Grows

The number of cases awaiting resolution before the Immigration Courts reached a new all-time high of 247,922 by mid June 2010, according to very timely government enforcement data obtained by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC). The case backlog has continued to grow – up 2.1 percent – since TRAC’s last report three months ago, and a third higher (33.1%) than levels at the end of FY 2008 (see Figure 1). Wait times have also continued to inch upward